diff --git a/tests/system_tests_tcp_adaptor_tls.py b/tests/system_tests_tcp_adaptor_tls.py
index 265f705a1..b3b155f3a 100644
--- a/tests/system_tests_tcp_adaptor_tls.py
+++ b/tests/system_tests_tcp_adaptor_tls.py
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ def test_cert_corruption(self):
         self.openssl_server = openssl_server(listening_port=self.openssl_server_listening_port,
                                              ssl_info=server_ssl_info,
                                              name="OpenSSLServerAuthPeer",
-                                             cl_args=['-Verify', '1'])
+                                             cl_args=['-Verify', '1', '-verify_return_error'])
 
         client_ssl_info = dict()
         client_ssl_info['CA_CERT'] = CA_CERT